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NHC Issues Special Tropical Weather Outlook
The National Hurricane Center (NHC) has issued a Special Tropical Weather Outlook for the North Atlantic…Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico. Special Tropical Weather Outlook issued to discuss the potential for subtropical development this week over the central Atlantic. A large area of low pressure located over the central subtropical Atlantic about 750 miles…
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CDEMA Conducts Review of the Community Resilience Framework
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Coordinating Unit, through a consultancy, is undertaking a review/enhancement of the Community Resilience Framework (CRF). The objective of this Consultancy is to review and undertake a comprehensive enhancement of the Community Resilience Framework allowing for a more robust and focused approach to building resilience in communities. The Framework…
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Boiling Lake Water Levels Changing Significantly
University of the West Indies. Seismic Research Centre (UWI, SRC) – Water levels at the Boiling Lake, Dominica, have changed significantly in recent days, a phenomenon that has occurred several times since 1876 with the last occurring in Nov 2021-May 2022. The observed changes in water levels and activity at the Boiling Lake are not necessarily…
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Atlantic Hurricane Season Ends, Impacts Continue
The 2022 Atlantic hurricane season officially ends on November 30, but the impact of the most devastating storms will continue for many months to come. Progress in forecasting and accurate early warnings has prevented much loss of life, but more remains to be done – and this will be the focus of an international workshop, held once every…
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Another Earthquake Recorded Near Antigua and Barbuda
The University of the West Indies. Seismic Research Centre (UWI, SRC) – Automatic Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME: 2022-12-03 10:14 am (Local Time)2022-12-03 14:14 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 3.9 LOCATION: Latitude: 17.52N | Longitude: 61.06WDepth: 10 km NEARBY CITIES:Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 98 km, NEPoint-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 150 km, NNEBasseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis, 187 km, E*distance and…
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WHO Recommends New Name for Monkeypox Disease
Geneva, Switzerland World Health Organization (WHO) – Following a series of consultations with global experts, WHO will begin using a new preferred term “mpox” as a synonym for monkeypox. Both names will be used simultaneously for one year while “monkeypox” is phased out. When the outbreak of monkeypox expanded earlier this year, racist and stigmatizing…
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PAHO Marks its 120th Anniversary
Washington D.C. 1 December 2022 (PAHO) – The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) marks its Anniversary as the world’s oldest international public health agency, celebrating 12 decades of work promoting health and well-being throughout the region of the Americas. On this day, 2 December 1902, 11 countries came together at the First General International Sanitary…
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Two Earthquakes Recorded Near Antigua and Barbuda
The University of the West Indies Seismic Research Centre (UWI, SRC) – Manual Earthquake Location DATE AND TIME: 2022-12-02 4:43 pm (Local Time) 2022-12-02 20:43 (UTC) MAGNITUDE: 4.4 LOCATION: Latitude: 17.34N | Longitude: 61.41W Depth: 4 km NEARBY CITIES: Saint John’s, Antigua and Barbuda, 55 km, NE Point-à-Pitre, Guadeloupe, 121 km, N Basseterre, Saint Kitts…
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The Search Continues for Shamar Harrigan
St. John’s, Antigua & Barbuda, December 2nd, 2022 – Local Organizations, The Blue Dragonfly Foundation, Inc., ABSAR & The Superyacht Services Guide have partnered with the Royal Police Force of Antigua & Barbuda and the family of Shamar Harrigan to continue the search for the autistic teen who has been missing since November 14th,2022. The…
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Traffic Notice: Seven Days of Road Closures
Work under the Government of Antigua and Barbuda national street lighting project will result in complete road closures on Friars Hill Road to facilitate the movement of heavy equipment undertaking excavation works and concrete pours respectively. Works are planned for Phase 3C and 3D and will run for seven days. Date: Friday 2nd December 2022 to…
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Caribbean Community Risk Information Tool (CCRIT) Regional Training Workshop a Success
The Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) Coordinating Unit in collaboration with the University of the West Indies (UWI) hosted the first Caribbean Community Risk Information Tool (CCRIT) Regional Training Workshop on November 23-24 2022 at the UWI St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago. Thirty-four (34) participants representing seventeen (17) CDEMA Participating States were exposed…
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Notice: Public Holidays
CABINET NOTES – Friday 9th December 2022 is V.C. Bird Day, a public holiday. Christmas Day, December 25th falls on a Sunday; under the law, Monday 26th and Tuesday 27th 2022 will be holidays, instead. January 1st falls on a Sunday therefore January 2nd, 2023, will be a holiday.
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